HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  1819

WITHOUT ANY EXPENDITURE FROM OP. ENCUMBRANCE OF THAT
APPROPRIATION. THE BALANCES REMAINING TO THE CREDIT OF THE
COMPLETED OR ABANDONED CAPITAL PROJECTS SHALL BE AVAILABLE
FOR APPROPRIATION IN SUBSEQUENT CAPITAL BUDGETS.

27-9.

(A)   DURING ANY FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUDGET OFFICER, BY ORDINANCE,
MAY MAKE ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTARY, OR EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATIONS FROM CONTINGENT FUNDS, FROM REVENUES RECEIVED
FROM UNANTICIPATED SOURCES BUT IN EXCESS OF BUDGET ESTIMATES
THEREFOR, OR FROM REVENUES RECEIVED FROM SOURCES NOT
ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR;
PROVIDED THAT THE BUDGET OFFICER SHALL FIRST CERTIFY IN
WRITING THAT SUCH FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH
APPROPRIATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION MAY NOT EXCEED
THE AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS SO CERTIFIED.

(B)   TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY AVAILABLE
UNAPPROPRIATED REVENUES TO MEET SUCH EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATIONS, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, BY ORDINANCE, MAY
AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF EMERGENCY NOTES WHICH MAY BE
RENEWED FROM TIME TO TIME. HOWEVER, SUCH NOTES AND RENEWALS
SHALL BE PAID NOT LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF THE FISCAL YEAR
NEXT SUCCEEDING THAT IN WHICH THE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION
WAS MADE. THE TOTAL OF EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS IN ANY
FISCAL YEAR SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 PERCENT OF ALL APPROPRIATIONS
(INCLUDING THOSE FOR DEBT SERVICE) MADE IN THE BUDGET FOR
SUCH YEAR.

27-10.

AN OFFICE, DEPARTMENT, INSTITUTION, BOARD, COMMISSION,
OR OTHER AGENCY OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT DURING ANY FISCAL
YEAR MAY NOT EXPEND, OR CONTRACT TO EXPEND, ANY MONEY OR
INCUR ANY LIABILITY, OR ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT, WHICH BY
ITS TERMS INVOLVES THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY, FOR ANY PURPOSE
IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR ALLOTTED FOR THE
SAME GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE IN THE BUDGET FOR
SUCH FISCAL YEAR, OR IN ANY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AS
HEREINABOVE PROVIDED. A PAYMENT MAY NOT BE MADE NOR ANY
OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY INCURRED, EXCEPT FOR SMALL PURCHASES
IN AN AMOUNT LESS THAN $100, UNLESS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER FIRST CERTIFIES THAT THE FUNDS FOR THE DESIGNATED
PURPOSE ARE AVAILABLE. ANY CONTRACT, VERBAL OR WRITTEN,
MADE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS NULL AND VOID.

27-11.

(A) UNLESS AND UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE
OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED
BY PUBLIC GENERAL LAW, THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF BONDS AND
OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OUTSTANDING AT ANY ONE TIME
MAY NOT EXCEED 5 PERCENT UPON THE ASSESSABLE BASIS OF THE
COUNTY. HOWEVER, (1) TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER
EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS HAVING A MATURITY NOT IN EXCESS OF